I love you, you love me...

Sitting behind us on our flight back from Boston tonight was a super celebrity - BARNEY!  (Adults, if you are lost, consult your nearest toddler.  They know exactly who Barney is and will spontaneously break into song at the mere mention of his name.)  Now, when I say that Barney was sitting behind us, I don't mean an over-stuffed purple dinosaur.  I mean the man behind the mask, David Joyner.  He played Barney for 14 years and is now Hip Hop Harry on Discovery Kids and was so kind.  He even sang the clean-up song with Amelia and commented, "She's very focused.  What a smart kid... and I should know, I've seen a lot of kids."  So there you have it folks.  Straight from the dinosaur's mouth - Amelia is  smartie.  (But you already knew that, right?)  More about our Cambridge trip later.

I, Teishi Kennedy, take you Super Awesome Kennedy Blog...

Why is it everyone I know is blogging about how they have "recommitted" to blogging more often?  Nice guys, now this really turns the pressure up on me to do the same.  Bah!  This does not mean that I will start posting mundane drivel like talking about the weather - although it did snow again last night - but I digress...

My resolution includes posting my latest creations.  I'm always trying to describe them to my mother over the phone and I'm afraid my storytelling skills fall short.  Plus, I find myself in some bizarre-o creative high gear right now.  If I sit too long I start imagining what I can do to, say, the lamp sitting next to me or the shirt Amelia is wearing.  So, why not post my successes and, dare I say, failures?  Wait.  Teishi has no "failures", just hiccups in the process.  Right?

Here is a photo of my Valentine's Day card.  It was a very limited edition.  I only made five because I made them on February 14th.  (Hey!  I said I would blog more, not plan better for the holidays!  Sheesh.)

Sweet Spot v2

Just thought I'd post another photo of the candy buffet because it looks so much lovelier once the bride added a few final touches (flowers, her bag seals, etc.).  My photo was taken a few hours before the final set-up so it was lacking a few things.

Dancing through Disneyland

If it's the last week of February, then Kennedys and company are meeting in Anaheim to enjoy the Happiest Place on Earth!  This year we were lucky enough to have Amelia's nana, Jill, join us for part of the week.  BIG thanks to the Moss family for suffering through seven straight days in the Park with us (Brennan - I'm sure we still owe you a chocolate shake), the Hatch Family for letting us drag them around for a night while we talked their ears off catching up (Brock - we get SERIOUS about Disney), and the May Family for just being the Mays. (Felicity - even as a very pregnant woman, you're amazing!).  We feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends.

Oh and the post title, "Dancing through Disneyland"?  That's in honor of Amelia's mad skills as a dancer.  She danced everywhere - the Tiki Room, It's a Small World, and pretty much anywhere you could hear music.  When I look at the photo of her gazing through the It's a Small World fence, I can almost hear her saying, "Peas... boats".  [Translation: I want to ride the Small World boats and dance.]

 

Reuse. Recycle. Repurpose.

Last night the Beehives made juice carton wallets out of empty half-gallon paper juice containers.  They did such a fantastic job (and hopefully, learned a lesson about re-purposing things that would otherwise end up in the garbage or recycle bin).  Let's focus on how darling the finished product ended up and try to forget that some of them forgot to bring a carton so we had to power-drink several half-gallon cartons of juice!

I've got my love to keep me warm.

This is how we celebrate Valentine's Day: Utah-winter-style.

1. Enjoying delicious Mardi Gras beignets and hot cocoa at our neighbors'.

2. Face planting in the powdery snow and deciding that it, like the beignets, is good enough to eat.

3. Sledding down the hill at the church while Amelia yelled, "Ready?" again and again.

4. Building a snowman in the front yard.  (Off of which Amelia quickly ate the candy corn "hair".)

5. Loving our warm home because of the popcorn and movie.  (But mostly because of each other.)

We hope your Valentine's Day was just as wonderful.

Toot, toot!

[Warning: I am tooting my own horn here.]  Up to now, I have been incredibly unhappy with the selection of free blog templates online.  But alas, because I did not want a bare blog, I used them.  NO MORE, I SAY!  One afternoon on the internet and I've taught myself how to build my very own template.  (My inner graphic designer is very pleased right now.)